tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34468422.post8426791843430526308..comments2019-12-09T05:07:27.341-05:00Comments on scatteredpaper: New Robert Frost Poemscatteredpaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01054015621268384437noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34468422.post-134135729352752252006-10-05T14:15:00.000-04:002006-10-05T14:15:00.000-04:00This is what I've been able to piece together from...This is what I've been able to piece together from various reports.<br /><br />War Thoughts at Home<br />Robert Frost<br />[35 lines, 7 stanzas, each 5 lines]<br /><br />1. <br />The flurry of bird war [?]<br />….[?]<br />….[?]<br />….[?]<br />….[?]<br /><br />2.<br />It is late in an afternoon<br />More grey with snow to fall<br />Than white with fallen snow<br />When it is blue jay and crow<br />Or no bird at all.<br /><br />3. [or 1?]<br />On the backside of the house<br />Where it wears no paint to the weather<br />And so shows most its age,<br />Suddenly blue jays rage<br />And flash in blue feather.<br /><br />4.<br />….[?]<br />….[?]<br />….[?]<br />….[?]<br />….[?]<br /><br />5. <br />And one says to the rest<br />“We must just watch our chance<br />And escape one by one-<br />Though the fight is no more done<br />Than the war is in France.”<br /><br />6. <br />Than the war is in France!<br />She thinks of a winter camp<br />Where soldiers for France are made.<br />She draws down the window shade<br />And it glows with an early lamp.<br /><br />7. <br />…..[?]<br />The uneven sheds stretch back<br />Shed behind shed in train<br />Like cars that have long lain<br />Dead on a side track.Da' Square Wheelman,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02518562955865996966noreply@blogger.com